A woman accused of carrying out random and brutal attacks on members of the public and her own family has been remanded in custody by magistrates until she stands trial.

Michelle Brereton, of Long Load, between Somerton and Yeovil , allegedly approached her mother’s neighbour as she began to drive out of a car park, opened the driver’s door and tried to pull her from the vehicle by her hair.

When the terrified complainant began beeping her horn to try and raise the alarm the defendant was said to have punched her repeatedly to her face at least ten times.

Shortly afterwards the defendant allegedly attacked her own mother where she was seen pulling her out of her house by her hair while punching her in the face with her other hand.

In another incident she allegedly walked into an antique shop in Langport town centre and asked the 17-year-old shop assistant to call her a taxi or she would “piss all over the shop”.

A magistrates court has decided Michelle Brereton must remain in custody while she awaits trial (stock image)

She was then said to have pushed the victim causing her to hit her stomach on a bin and then started being a nuisance to cars driving down the street.

When she was arrested she was being escorted to a cell when she allegedly raised her leg and kicked a police officer.

Forty-four year old Brereton was charged with assaulting a 17-year-old girl by beating her at Langport on April 6 and assaulting a police constable in the execution of his duty on the same date.

She was also alleged to have assaulted her mother by beating her along with her neighbour at Langport on May 9 when she was brought before Somerset Magistrates in custody. She pleaded not guilty to all four allegations.